French air traffic controller strike grounds hundreds of flights
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Version 0 of 1. French air-traffic controllers have begun a three-day strike, grounding hundreds of flights in protest over plans to liberalise civil airspace. One in two flights to Paris, Lyon, Nice, Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux have been cancelled, the country's DGAC civil aviation authority said. The industrial action is part of a Europe-wide action that mainly involves a go-slow. Workers say EU plans for a "single European sky" will undermine working conditions. Marseille airport, in the south of France, said it had been less affected, with a third of flights scrapped, about100. More than 70 flights were cancelled at Nice airport. Air France said it was halting an unspecified number of short- and medium-haul flights. EasyJet, in the UK, said it was cancelling 10-11 daily flights to Toulouse on Tuesday and Wednesday, and on Wednesday would publish its schedule for Thursday. Preparations for the Airbus A350's debut flight have also been affected, French transport sources said. Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Enter your email address to subscribe. Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox every weekday. |